MEXICAN HORROR FILMS, Part 1: 1900s to 1970s

On Today's Episode:

• Obie's cliff notes version of the history of horror films in the U.S. from the early 1900s to the 1970.
• Vico discusses four important Mexican artists (and one gringo) and their contribution to the Mexican horror genre up through the 1970s.
• A list of 10 essential Mexican horror films that you must see

Links:
Film Recommendations 

• La Maldicion de la Bruja (The Curse of the Crying Woman) 
• Santo en el Museo de Cera / Santo and the Monsters Box Set, Vol. 1
• El Espejo de la Bruja (The Witch's Mirror) 
• El Vampiro (The Vampire)
• Macario
• Mas Negro Que La Noche (Darker Than the Night)
•  El Ataud del Vampiro (The Vampire's Tomb) - unavailable 
• El Monstruo Resusitado (The Revived Monster) - unavailable
•  El Baron de terror (The brainiac)
• Canoa: A Shameful History (buy on blu-ray) (rent on Amazon Prime)
• La Horripilante Bestia Humana (Night of the Bloody Apes) (buy) (rent on Amazon Prime)

Book Recommendations

• The Mexican Cinema of Darkness: A Critical Study of Six Landmark Horror and Exploitation Films, 1969-1988 by Doyle Greene 
• Mexploitation Cinema: A Critical History of Mexican Vampire, Wrestler, Ape-Man and Similar Films, 1957-1977by Doyle Greene